An Orleans Parish grand jury on Thursday (Dec. 19) indicted a high-level executive of an Entergy subsidiary on 50 counts of possession of child pornography.

Earl Frederic, who at the time of his arrest was the general manager for Entergy Technology Co., based in New Orleans, was booked on Sept. 25 after investigators said they found evidence of child pornography on his home and work computers.

Authorities were first alerted by Frederic's employer that he had been downloading illicit material on his work computer. After investigators confiscated that device, as well as a computer found inside Frederic's home, he was arrested, but he was later released after he posted a $25,000 commercial bond.

During a bond-setting hearing after the indictment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Camille Buras' courtroom on Thursday, prosecutors claimed that investigators found thousands of sexually explicit images on Frederic's computers involving children raging in age from 3 to 10. They asked that a $100,000 bond be set for each of the 50 counts.

Frederic's attorney, Michael Ciaccio, argued that such a steep bond was unwarranted, and said his client was not a flight risk. He also said there was no evidence that Frederic was involved in the production of any of the photographs.